Rik Mayall has died at the age of 56. The comic actor, who passed away on Monday morning (June 9), was best-known for his roles in hit shows like The Young Ones, Bottom and The New Statesman. He also ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Off-the-wall series The Young Ones, including Rik Mayall (left) and Nigel Planer (third from the left), helped bring alternative ...

The Rik Mayall Comedy Festival returns to Droitwich Spa, 29 May–6 June 2026, with Alexei Sayle, Nigel Planer, and 200+ events ...

Desert Island Discs listeners are reacting to Adrian Edmondson’s tearful recollection of comedian and actor Rik Mayall. Edmondson appeared on the BBC Radio 4 show, which is hosted by Lauren Laverne, ...

Rik Mayall was honoured at Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival's annual awards ceremony last night (March 17). The late comic performer was named Legend of Comedy, a prize which was voted for by festival ...

Rik Mayall, an irrepressible British comedy legend who was an equal master of brutally intense physical comedy and wry class satire, died at the tragically young age of 56 today of unspecified causes.

A comedian once told by Rik Mayall that he was "bonkers" is set to perform in Worcestershire this weekend. Sid Ozalid, a veteran of the comedy circuit and self-described "one-legged tap-dancing poet," ...

Adrian Edmondson‘s tearful recollections of comedian and actor Rik Mayall have resurfaced on the anniversary of his comedy co-star’s death. Mayal died aged 56 on 9 June 2014 after suffering a sudden ...

The organisers of the popular event have put a call-out to local theatre schools, drama groups, students and individuals.

Two of the stars of The Young Ones are to headline this year's Rik Mayall Comedy Festival in Droitwich Spa, the Worcestershire town where the comedian grew up. Alexei Sayle will appear in an 'in ...